Members of the Armed Forces patrol a street during an operation to protect civil security in Quito, on Jan. 10, 2024. automation At least 125 prison guards and 14 administrative staffers were being ...

All of the Ecuador prison guards and administrative employees who were being held by inmates were released, the country's prison agency said Saturday night. As nationwide civil unrest unfolded in ...

Islamist extremist Fuad Awale was jailed for executing two teenagers and went on to hold a prison guard hostage.